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IMPROVEMENT IN, WATER-WHEELS.

SPECIFICATION.

TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY GONCERN:

Be it known thatl, JOHN L.,RUMRILL, of Hartford, in the county of Windsor, and State of Vermont,.have invented a new and improved Water-Wheel and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part oi' this specication The nature of my invention relates to the cylinder cfa Water-Wheel, which may be adjusted inside the wheel and brought to a suitable or proper bearing, so that it will n ot leak, and so that it may be tightened as it Wears and becomes loose.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation, -r

Figure 1 isa side elevation of my improved watenwheel with a portion `of the side or cylinder removed.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A A .represent two pieces of iron that cross each other at right angles so as to form a sort of frame or base. At the ends of these cross-pieces are holes for the purpose of admitting the rods or posts, B B B B, upon the top oi` which are screvf-nuts for the purpose of holding the cylinder, C, the top of which is flanged and provided with projections, X, for the purpose of receiving the said bolts B. At or near the bottom of the said cylinder are projections, as seen at E, iig. which correspond and t to projections in the top of the wheel F.

This wheel, E, is secured to the shaft, G, the bottom of which has a bearing at H, and the top a bearing in the cap, l. The wheel, F, is made of metal and provided with a suitable number of buckets, J, radiating from the shaft at the centre to nea-r the openings, K, at the periphery. The said openings, K, are for the purpose oi discharging the Water, andthe partitions forming a continuation of the buckets or an additional set, N. It will be observed that all of the Wheel and cylinder may be made Wholly of cast metal, and fitted up so there will be diminished friction in the parts that Work together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, s- I 1. I claim the cylinder C, constructed as described, in combination with the radial buckets J, and curved buckets N, the whole being constructed, arranged, and operated in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. And in combination with the above, I claim the collar X and cylinder C, made so as to be adjusted to the inside of the Wheel in order to prevent leakage, substantially as described.

JOHN L. RUMRILL.

Witnesses:

Gmo. TENNEY, Hom'rio N. WEBSTER. 

